The institute reports 343 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 993 004. This increase represents a 3.3% positivity rate.
Today, the NDoH reports 5 deaths, and of these, 3 occurred in the past 24 – 48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 101,745 to date.
25 708 720 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.
| Sector | Total tested | New tested | ||
| Private | 13,996,042 | 54.4% | 5,903 | 57.5% |
| Public | 11,712,678 | 45.6% | 4,358 | 42.5% |
| Total | 25,708,720 | 100.0% | 10,261 | 100.0% |
PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from Gauteng (39%) followed by Western Cape (20%) . KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 13%; Eastern Cape accounted for 9%; Mpumalanga and North West accounted for 5% each respectively; Free State accounted for 4%; Northern Cape and Limpopo accounted for 2% each respectively of today’s cases.
The cumulative number of cases by province are shown in the table below:
| Province | Total cases for 27 June 2022 | Adjusted numbers after harmonisation | Updated total cases on 27 June 2022 | Incident infections for 28 June 2022 | Possible reinfections for 28 June 2022 | New cases on 28 June 2022 | Total cases for 28 June 2022 | Percentage total |
| Eastern Cape | 363,429 | 0 | 363,429 | 27 | 5 | 32 | 363,461 | 9,1 |
| Free State | 215,666 | 0 | 215,666 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 215,679 | 5,4 |
| Gauteng | 1,320,532 | 0 | 1,320,532 | 122 | 11 | 133 | 1,320,665 | 33,1 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 715,498 | 0 | 715,498 | 40 | 6 | 46 | 715,544 | 17,9 |
| Limpopo | 159,390 | 0 | 159,390 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 159,396 | 4,0 |
| Mpumalanga | 201,603 | 0 | 201,603 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 201,621 | 5,0 |
| North West | 201,604 | 0 | 201,604 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 201,622 | 5,0 |
| Northern Cape | 115,088 | 0 | 115,088 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 115,095 | 2,9 |
| Western Cape | 699,851 | 0 | 699,851 | 59 | 11 | 70 | 699,921 | 17,5 |
| Total | 3,992,661 | 0 | 3,992,661 | 304 | 39 | 343 | 3,993,004 | 100,0 |
THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is (3.3%), and is lower than yesterday (3.4%). The 7-day average is (5.3%) today, and is lower than yesterday (5.9%)
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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 23 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours. The following table is a summary of reported COVID-19 admissions by sector.
| Sector | Facilities Reporting | Admissions to Date | Died to Date | Currently Admitted |
| Private | 262 | 248,992 | 40,506 | 730 |
| Public | 407 | 289,671 | 63,355 | 869 |
| TOTAL | 669 | 538,663 | 103,861 | 1,599 |
VACCINE UPDATE
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